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Furman University’s Mission, Vision and Values
The following message was sent to Furman students, faculty, staff, trustees and friends on January 25, 2021. Dear Campus Community, Reflection exists at the core of The Furman Advantage – and, really, all that we...
Continue ReadingFurman University Announces new Furman Athletics Fund
In a move designed to broaden donor recognition and enhance financial support for Furman’s athletics programs, Furman Athletics and the university’s Office of Development has launched the Furman Athletics Fund. The new fund replaces the...
Continue Reading‘We Grew Up at Furman’
Someone had called security. The reason for the concern? A teenage girl had shown up with her mother, her voice teacher, high school principal, and a member of the Black fraternity Omega Psi Phi. The...
Continue ReadingMill Village Farms grows healthy food, opportunities and hope
Several initiatives led by Furman University alum Dan Weidenbenner's Mill Community Ministries aim to lessen food insecurity, impart job and entrepreneurship skills and instill hope for the citizens of Greenville County. Weidenbenner, a 2011 psychology...
Continue ReadingFYD: For Your DINformation
A special FDOC edition of DINformation to kick-off the spring semester! Welcome back and good luck as classes get started this week! BORED Games Bored and looking for something to do this week? FUSAB and...
Continue ReadingStudying the health implications of racist tweets
Can the way people talk about race online impact health? Furman’s Shaniece Criss wants to know. An assistant professor of health sciences, Criss is part of a national research collaborative, called Big Data for Health...
Continue ReadingAlumna stands in for Kamala Harris during inauguration rehearsal
Furman University music alumna TSgt. Stacey Holliday '04 created quite a buzz on Monday, Jan. 18, during Inauguration Day rehearsal, which coincided with the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. A member of the Singing Sergeants,...
Continue Reading‘I had a purpose for being there’
The secret treat was sometimes grits, sometimes salmon croquettes. [caption id="attachment_48729" align="alignright" width="300"] Rawn Harbor '71.[/caption] Whatever the special offering, the Black dining hall employees who gave it to Rawn Harbor ’71 did so with...
Continue ReadingOne land’s work at healing can help U.S.
John Harris, a Furman University mathematics professor, proffers a mathematical approach for solving problems of social and political unrest in the U.S. in an opinion piece he wrote for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Following the rioting...
Continue ReadingTSgt. Stacey Holliday scores vice-presidential gig
If Stacey Holliday '04, a member of Singing Sergeants, told you she’d be taking part in Inauguration Day 2021, you might assume the alto would be performing as part of the United States Air Force...
Continue ReadingDoing the hard work of keeping our republic
Spurred by the events at the nation's Capitol on Jan. 6, faculty in Furman University's Department of Politics and International Affairs write an op-ed in The Greenville News about how to maintain the republic that...
Continue ReadingJoseph Vaughn Day public event postponed
Due to the high rates of COVID-19 in the Greenville and Upstate areas, a public celebration of Joseph Vaughn on Jan. 29 has been postponed. Michael Jennings, Ph.D., chief diversity officer for Furman, and Chandra...
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